This year, I decided to participate in a Secret Santa exchange hosted by another Bookcrosser!! I love this idea. You list things you'd like to receive as a gift(s) for Christmas and are then paired up with another Bookcrossing member. Gifts are the exchanged, of course. However, the person you send a gift to is not the same person who will send a gift to you. This makes for the surprise as you don't know what you'll receive or from whom!
Last weekend, I received a brand new, hardback copy of The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer, which was a wishlist book. Plus, two boxes of Earl Grey tea! Such a thoughtful gift!
I've been a proud Bookcrosing member since January 6, 2007!! I can't believe next month will mark 18 years of being a member of Bookcrossing. I've pretty much been an active member of Bookcrossing since joining back in 2007. It's free to become a member of Bookcrossing, incidentally. I've even hyped Bookcrossing quite a few times here on my blog in the past.
What do I LOVE about Bookcrossing?
1. The connection with other avid readers from around the world!! Bookcrossing has several forum sections where avid readers from around the world can connect and discuss all things books and reading. There are even forum sections devoted to specific foreign languages like Spanish, French, German, Russian, and many more for those that do not speak English.
2. Bookcrossing offers a way to share books with others!! You can register a book on Bookcrossing you've read and no longer wish to keep in your personal collection. Once you've registered the book, you can make a journal entry regarding your thoughts about the book you've read and give it a numerical rating. From there, you may share the in a variety of ways... Like leaving the book at a Little Free Library for instance or sending it off to another Bookcrosser who has the book you've read on their wishlist and then finally make release notes.
Once a book has been picked up by another reader, hopefully they will then make a journal entry they have it in their possession, read the book themselves, rate/review it, and then pass it on to someone else. You'll receive notification via email when a journal entry has been made by another Bookcrosser. I find it fun when someone reads/reviews books I've released out into the world and enjoy seeing where the book has traveled or travels to in the future!! I've had books travel all over the USA and even to Europe and beyond! This is pretty cool!
3. Participating in book exchanges/swaps and various sweepstakes hosted by other Bookcrossers. It's a lot of fun!! I won a tea and chocolate sweepstakes once and received a flood of books, tea, and chocolate from Bookcrossers around the world.
There's a whole lot more to Bookcrossing than this... like real life meetups, conventions, etc. But, I chose to stick to my top three things I love about Bookcrossing.
As a side note, I initially learned about Bookcrossing from my husband, who is not an avid reader. I forget how my husband first learned about Bookcrossing. All I know is that he loves to support my love of reading and all things related to books, bookstores, author/book festival events, and so on.
I'm looking forward to many more years of Bookcrossing fun and hope to met more Bookcrossers in the future.
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